The species which compose this group in the 'Museum' were originally
separated under many generic designations.
1. BUCCINUM. Testa ovata, ventricosa. Apertura integra, semilunaris,
superne extrorsum, postice introrsum.
2. CASSIDA. Testa ovata, gibba. Cauda reflexa oblique. Apertura
longitudinalis, obliqua.
3. LYRA. Testa ovata, ventricosa. Apertura ovata, patens, pone
submarginata. Labium interius nullum. Columella compressa, nitida.
4. TURRICULA. (No definition: evidently intended for all the turreted
shells.)
5. MORION. Testa oblonga, inermis. Apertura oblonga, labio interiore
reflexo unidentato.
In the first were located the _Dolia_, and _B. echinophorum_; in the
second the _Cassides_, with _B. papillosum_ and _arcularia_; in the
third the _Harpæ_ and _Purpuræ_; in the fourth the _Terebræ_; in the
fifth _B. glans_, _spiratum_, _glabratum_.
_B. undosum_ was located in _Murex_.
B. PERDIX. _B._ umbilicatum subsulcatum, basi recta.
The proposed name was _B. pennatum_, adopted from Rumphius:
"lunari-patula" was not in the manuscript.
B. POMUM. _B._ exumbilicatum, labio utroque dentato.
"Barr. Ic. t. 1325. f. 12" (cited in the 'Systema'), and "Klein, 95.
Semicassis, striata, costosa", were the additional synonyms of the
manuscript: "s. sulcata", "nullum, interne", "at vero in adultioribus
accrescit planum album", were subsequent emendations.
B. DOLIUM. _B._ emarginatum subsulcatum rugosum, labio exteriore reflexo
dentato.
The _Dolium fimbriatum_, or, as Deshayes prefers it, _D. Minjac_ (the
Malay name was Bia Minjac in Rumphius, who preceded Adanson), was
assuredly the shell described in the 'Museum', as the recorded dentation
of the outer lip clearly manifests. An excellent figure of it in Petiver
("Gaz. t. 99. f. 11") was cited in the original copy, where the drawing
of Gualtieri was not referred to.
B. ECHINOPHORUM. _B._ (changed to _Cassida_) tuberibus ("quaterna serie"
interpolated) nodosum.
The reference to Rumphius was correctly written 1, not I, in the
original, where "albido-flavescens" was the indicated colouring. The
printed emendations were "quadruplici s. quintuplici", instead of
"triplici", and the entire account of the aperture, which at first ran
simply as follows, "Labium exterius crassius, margine tenuiore, interne
subrugosum, obsolete dentatum."
B. TUBEROSUM. _B._ tuberibus gemina serie nodosum.
The entire published account of this species had been interpolated
by Linnæus in the written copy, with the exception of the "color
pallidus." The "nodis anterioribus" was a misprint for "nodis
acutioribus."
Gualtieri's admirable figure of the _Cassis tuberosa_ of authors was
not, however, cited, which confirms my statement that the species of
the 'Museum' was not the _Cassis_ usually so designated.
B. CORNUTUM. _Cas._ acuminibus antice cingentibus, superficic
reticulata.
The I in the reference to Rumphius was a misprint for the written 1:
"maculata" was originally "maculis griseis."
B. RUFUM. _Cas._ nodis sparsis.
"Pyri" was a misprint for the written "pugni". Neither the "maculis
fuscis" nor the "Variat tota albo colore" were originally present. The
Rumphian name _rubra_ was the one written.
B. FLAMMEUM. _Cas._ longitudinaliter striata, antice subnodosa.
To the solitary synonym our author had added "List. t. 1004. f. 69" and
"Sloan. Hist. 2. p. 242. n. 2". The final remark was not in the copy.
B. TESTICULUS. _Cas._ lævis, striis longitudinalibus, sulcis
transversalibus.
"Vix ullus" was at first "nullus": "læve" was not present.
B. DECUSSATUM. _Cas._ lævis, striis decussatis, labio exteriore
dentato.
"Bonan. Clas. 3. t. 157" was an additional synonym.
B. AREOLA. _Cas._ glabra, spira papillosa.
The erroneous references to Gualtieri, and to the figure 2 of
Rumphius, were not present in the original, nor was there any allusion
made to the sculpture of the inner lip.
B. ERINACEUS. _Cas._ subsulcata, antice nodosa, labio edentulo,
postice extrorsum denticulato.
The entire account of this _Cassis_ was interpolated by Linnæus in the
pages of his amanuensis.
B. GLAUCUM. _Cas._ glabra, antice muricata, labio dentato, postice
extrorsum denticulato.
The superfluous A in the reference to Gualtieri was a misprint:
"inferne" was "interne": the "acuminata" and "marginatum" were
emendations.
B. VIBEX. _Cas._ glabra, labio edentulo, postice extrorsum denticulato.
The figures 8 and 9 of Rumphius were not cited.
B. PAPILLOSUM. _Cas._ papillis decussatis, labio tenui, extus
denticulato, fauce glabra.
"Rectum" followed "exterius" in the written copy, wherein "s. albidus"
and "antice sinu excavata" were not to be found.
B. GLANS. _Morion_ labio exteriore denticulato, interiore bidentato.
"Labium exterius margine postico denticulato" was omitted in printing.
B. ARCULARIA. _Cas._ longitudinaliter sulcata, labio exteriore tenui,
interiore maximo.
B. COSTATUM. _Lyra_ costis longitudinalibus, antice prominulis,
alternis obsoletis.
This diagnosis but ill suits the _Many-ridged Harp_, which, of late,
has been considered identical.
B. HARPA. _Lyra_ costis longitudinalibus antice mucronatis.
The shell is described in the MS. as "striata subtilissime
longitudinaliter", and "Pet. Amb. t. 2. f. 2", "Pet. Gaz. t. 48. f. 13"
(the latter quoted also in the 'Systema') are there substituted for the
reference to Gualtieri. The printed additions are considerable; to
wit, "costæ vero striis transversis", "anfractibus costis mucronatis",
"denticulatum."
B. PERSICUM. _Lyra_ læviuscula, labii margine crenulato.
The erroneous citation of Grew (t. 9. f. 5, 6) in the 'Systema' had
been adopted in the manuscript.
B. PATULUM. _Lyra_ muricata spinis obtusis.
Neither the erroneous reference to Gualtieri, plate 51. f. A (which
was designed for _Purpura hæmastoma_), nor the "color interne
rufescens", is to be found in the manuscript.
B. SMARAGDULUS. _Lyra_ glaberrima, columella denticulata.
Neither the erroneous reference to d'Argenville, nor the specific
name derived from his figure, is to be found in the MS. The proposed
appellation was _L. vitrea_. "Simillima Cassid, lapillo, sed glabra,
et columella crenata" is the unprinted remark.
B. SPIRATUM. _Morion_ umbilicatus, anfractibus distinctis canaliculo.
The specified colouring was "alba, maculis longitudinalibus fuscis";
"pone bifidum" followed "integrum." The intended name was _M.
canaliculatus_.
B. GLABRATUM. _Morion_ umbilico descendente flexuoso.
d'Arg. Conch t. 12. f. G.
"Testa oblonga, acuminata, obtusiuscula, glaberrima, anfractibus
confluentibus, Neritarum maximarum pondere. Color albo-flavescens,
nitidus. Apertura obliqua, profunde emarginata. Labium exterius
integerrimum. Labium interius antice reflexum adnatum, dein solutum
brevius flexuosum, descendens ad basin. Sulcus profundus distinguit
basin testæ. Umbilicus pone labium interius descendens ad basin sulco".
B. VIRGINEUM. I can find no account of this shell in the written copy.
B. UNDOSUM. The nearest approach to this species seems the variety B.
of the _Murex succinctus_ (the shell so named in the 'Mantissa').
_M._ lævis, sulcis transversis lævibus, angulo marginali.
d'Arg. Conch. t. 12. f. N. Bon. 3. f. 47.
Testa ovata, absque tuberculis magnitudine nucis, exarata sulcis
transversis pallidis, eminentibus vero lineis luteis. Spira obtusa,
anfractibus rotundatis. Cauda teretiuscula. Apertura ovata, margine
crasso, nec alia costa laterali crassa.
Var. B. Rugis s. angulis obliteratis 5 longitudinalibus.
B. MACULATUM. _Turricula_ elongata, anfractibus lævibus integerrimis.
The l. of Gualtieri, and the reference to d'Argenville, were printed
emendations.
B. CRENULATUM. _Turric._ elongata, anfractibus margine crenatis.
The reference to Gualtieri was an emendation.
B. STRIGILATUM. _Turric._ elongata, oblique striata.
B. DUPLICATUM. _Turric._ elongata emarginata, anfractibus bipartitis
striatis.